Joseph Dougherty received Drama Desk and Critics Outer Circle nominations for his play "Digby" produced at Manhattan Theatre Club. He wrote the libretto for the Tony winning musical "My Favorite Year" presented at Lincoln Center. An Emmy and Humanitas Prize winner for his work on the groundbreaking series "thirtysomething," he has written several movies for HBO including the Emmy winning "Cast a Deadly Spell," with Fred Ward and Julianne Moore, which was nominated for the Ray Bradbury Award by the Mystery Writers of America, and the remake of "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman," starring Daryl Hannah and directed by Christopher Guest. He has contributed as a writer and director to several popular television series including "Once and Again," "Judging Amy," "Saving Grace" starring Holly Hunter and the current ABC Family hit "Pretty Little Liars." He is the creator of "Handwritten Theatre," a podcast of downloadable drama, as well as co-founder of the online literary magazine, "Hot Valley Writers." His books, "Psychopomp," "Trunk Piece," "Comfort and Joi," and the published edition of the "Handwritten Theatre" plays, are available at Amazon.com